Week 5 (April 15-18)
M (A) Show videos of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Appeteaser: Listen to the "Overture" for the 1935 movie version of A Midsummer Night's Dream (the music is actually Felix Mendelssohn's composition in response to the play).
What does the music make you think of? How can you relate this to the themes or setting
the play as you see them unfolding?
Watch approx. 15 minutes of the 1935 movie (after the overture)
Discuss and compare?
HW: Complete your preview of Act II
T (B) Review handout on Shakespeare's Unusual Usage; begin close reading of Act II
HW: Post/update reports for Student Learning Teams
W (C) 6A: Student Learning Teams; 6B: Discuss Act II
HW: Begin previewing Act III
Th (D) 6A: Discuss Act II; 6B Student Learning Teams
HW: Complete preview of Act III
Week 6 (April 22-26)
M (E) Field Day
T (F) Midsummer Night's Dream scenes assigned for Heritage Day;
discuss Act III
HW: Update/post reports for Student Learning Teams
W-F 6th-grade field trip
HW: Begin previewing Act IV
M (A) Show videos of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Appeteaser: Listen to the "Overture" for the 1935 movie version of A Midsummer Night's Dream (the music is actually Felix Mendelssohn's composition in response to the play).
What does the music make you think of? How can you relate this to the themes or setting
the play as you see them unfolding?
Watch approx. 15 minutes of the 1935 movie (after the overture)
Discuss and compare?
HW: Complete your preview of Act II
T (B) Review handout on Shakespeare's Unusual Usage; begin close reading of Act II
HW: Post/update reports for Student Learning Teams
W (C) 6A: Student Learning Teams; 6B: Discuss Act II
HW: Begin previewing Act III
Th (D) 6A: Discuss Act II; 6B Student Learning Teams
HW: Complete preview of Act III
Week 6 (April 22-26)
M (E) Field Day
T (F) Midsummer Night's Dream scenes assigned for Heritage Day;
discuss Act III
HW: Update/post reports for Student Learning Teams
W-F 6th-grade field trip
HW: Begin previewing Act IV